Modern Art Research Institute

The aim of the research is to identify the specific characteristics of the Turetsky Choir’s artistic model as a phenomenon of contemporary musical culture. The article addresses the essential features of the Turetsky Choir, as expressed in its artistic model, and the socio-cultural aspects that ensure the collective’s widespread popularity. Particular attention is given to a comparative analysis of classical crossover models and that of the Turetsky Choir, seeking to position the Turetsky Choir phenomenon within the hierarchy of modern musical art. The scientific novelty of the study of the Turetsky Choir phenomenon lies not in a mere description of its activities, but in a shift to a systemic level of analysis. This systemic approach allows for the uncovering of its unique working methods and cultural impact on the formation of refined strategies within the realm of mass musical art. This novelty manifests in elevating the phenomenon from merely commercially successful projects to relevant objects of fundamental knowledge concerning key processes in contemporary culture of Russia and the post-Soviet space. The work offers a toolkit for addressing questions related to developing mechanisms for achieving the most important creative and commercial goals within specific timeframes and societal contexts. As a result of the research, it has been established that the Turetsky Choir has created a holistic artistic model where academic vocal technique serves as the basic professional foundation, and classical crossover has evolved from a simple combination of genres to their total fusion. Performance is subordinated to socio-cultural demands and commercial expectations. Consequently, a repertoire consisting of recognizable hits becomes an effective tool for both generating and satisfying the audience's nostalgic sentiments.

The psychometric properties of the Ukrainian version of the Historical Intergenerational Trauma Transmission Questionnaire (HITT-Q) by Békés & Starrs (2024) were analyzed. The validity and reliability of the instrument were investigated using two samples (n=299 and n=142) with standard adaptation procedures. Two independent translations, back-translation, and expert validation (n=5) were conducted in accordance with the ethical principles of the Helsinki Declaration. Sufficient internal consistency of most scales (α > 0.70) was demonstrated: Dysregulated Communication (α = 0.857), Trauma-influenced Parenting (α = 0.858), Trauma-related Distress (α = 0.903), Belonging (α = 0.818). Test-retest reliability ranging from 0.476 to 0.807 was revealed. A valid instrument for diagnosing transgenerational traumatic processes in the Ukrainian population was created, which is critically important in the context of prolonged war for understanding the psychological consequences of historical traumas.

This article analyzes current approaches to veterans’ professional readaptation and identifies key psychological resources-resilience, self-efficacy, career adaptability, meaning in life, and social support. It clarifies the role of flexible self-regulation and conservation-of-resources processes as mechanisms that enable transitions to sustainable employment. The analysis establishes that multicomponent interventions (psychoeducation, skills training, physical activity, mentoring) accelerate the restoration of professional roles. The study shows the value of integrating resource assessments into readaptation plans and demonstrates the need for cross-sector coordination of services. Finally, it proposes a mechanism map and a resource–intervention matrix for practice.

The analyses of the transformation of the lexeme digit (digital character) as a reflection of absorbing modern society and its global changes taking place under the excessive influence of the IT technologies development and their increasing importance in the linguistic consciousness is the object of study. Modification of conceptual, imagery and value characteristics of this linguistically specific word and its derivatives is under the influence of the media scene events, and is motivated by media speech peculiarities implying the context influence on the formation of the interior word semantics and its motivated pragmatics transformation in use. The work highlights the process of the conceptualization of the word digit in the worldview in course of the semiosis. The word’s semantics is analyzed on the basis of Prof. L.A. Novikov theory. It classifies the onomaseologic and derivational nature of the lexeme digit in the historical lexicography (“blank” sign). There are described linguistic observations on the linguistic typological structural similarities and the society’s organizational cultural structures in the context of linguistic symbolism revelation within the key notion of the world picture of the world under the modification, concerning the digit revealing semiotic phenomena of the “real” language, “abstract” mathematics and “virtual” IT technologies. By means of the mechanisms of the axiological component analysis and applying the parameters of the evaluation scale, there’s given a description of the syntactic and pragmatic resources. The conceptualization of the new pragmatics and semantics of the word demonstrates the dual essence of the process of linguistic transformations, reflect the axiological development of the consciousness since the context orients itself both to the “good” and “evil” of the IT technologies in the exterior, non-linguistic world picture. The semantics of the digit shows and fulfils the substitutional function of the seme “sign” as the digit itself has become the “invincible” item of the semantic actualization, conceptual pragmatization and communicative use of digit , digital , digitalization . The frequency of using the word under the study as well as its derivatives in the actual synchrony of multiple discourses could be explained through the expansion of the functional of the digit as a key conceptual word in the semiosphere of culture belonging to a certain period of national development.

Bullying is a serious problem affecting schoolchildren and adolescents around the world. It comes in many forms, from physical violence to emotional and psychological bullying. This paper will examine the signs of bullying, its consequences, and ways to prevent it. We will discuss how communication and a supportive environment can help combat this problem. Teaching children empathy and the active intervention of others play a key role in preventing bullying. Victim support and cooperation with professionals are also important aspects that can help to address bullying and create a safe, educational environment.

The purpose of the article is to establish which structures should be considered the most characteristic and typical for the founders of the structural and functional analysis in ethnology – C. Lévi-Strauss, A. Radcliffe-Brown, E. Leach, V. Turner, V. Propp. The researcher singles out the main structure for each of them and demonstrates its functional capabilities. For Radcliffe-Brown, in the author’s opinion, the structure of the tribe and family relations between its members in one of the areas of Western Australia is fundamental. From the scientific heritage of Lévi-Strauss, the structure of the division into components of the ancient Greek myth about Oedipus stands out. Characteristic for Leach is the structure of “condensation”, in which two interconnected functions give rise to a third one, usually based on symbols and metaphors. A structure characteristic of Turner is a diagram of the spatial symbolism of a certain ritual of one Central African tribe. As an example of Propp’s structuralism, the division of a folk tale according to the functions of the characters is given, where each of the functions has a conventional designation, and as a result, we get the formula of the fairy tale plot. The author concludes that the possibilities of the structural and functional method are far from exhausted. Thanks to the examples presented in the article, it was possible to establish that the method of structural and functional analysis, initiated in the middle of the last century, can be successfully used in the latest research, in particular, the study of Ukrainian national rites of the family cycle, as well as street art and activities of artistic communities.

The article provides data on the increase of the activity of the Ukrainian graphic design abroad after the full-scale invasion of Russian troops in Ukraine. The process of increasing of the international contacts of Ukrainian graphic design is highlighted. This is revealed on the examples of the exhibition activities of the leading art educational institutions and other institutions of Ukraine as well as on the results of the participation of the Ukrainian graphic designers in various international competitions. The materials of the exhibitions in Germany, Austria, Poland, Great Britain, France were analyzed. The results of the competitions held by the world printing organization The Type Directors Club, the international competition Novum Design Award, the UK logo competition are presented. It also provides the data on the dynamic growth of the support from many countries to the Ukrainian graphic artists in the form of grants, programs for the creation of art projects, scholarships, etc. It is emphasized that along with the emergence of a large number of immigrants from Ukraine in many countries, there was an increase in the presence of the Ukrainian professionals, who found employment abroad in the field of graphic design and students who enrolled in the foreign universities. At such a high cost of the tragedy of the war, Ukraine had paid for the recognition of Ukrainian graphic design in the world.

Aim. To describe and justify Gogol’s desire for positive assessments in the search for a positive character. To create an axiological portrait of Gogol in the context of linguistic-axiological research.Methodology. The theoretical basis of the study was made up of works on the study of the assessment category in a multi-paradigm context (E. M. Wolf, V. I. Karasik, T. V. Markelova); on the study of Gogol’s language with its rich lexical composition (V. V. Vinogradov, B. N. Eikhenbaum), poetics (V. A. Voropaev); in cognitive science (V. I. Karasik) This study used the methods of component semantic analysis, linguistic-cognitive analysis, linguistic-stylistic analysis of the speech canvas of a literary text in the interpretive context of the author-addresser – literary text – reader-addressee paradigm; pragmatic-stylistic analysis of an aesthetic sign; interpretive analysis.Results. Knowledge of the world in artistic thinking passes through the knowledge of language, which creates the opportunity for a creative dialogue between the subject and language, and here the discovery of language, its system and its capabilities is literally accomplished. The language of the “laughing judge,” inspired by the thirst for knowledge of Russia and the Russian people, was a discovery of this kind for contemporaries and still remains for us. The axiological portrait of Gogol is considered as a phenomenon of Russian life, relevant “yesterday” and “today”, inspired by the search of a positive character forced in the analyzed artistic space to move away from the realism with which his talent blessed him. The features of assessment-fantasy are revealed, reflecting paradoxical and absurdist meanings, the way out of which is the discovery of positive meanings in Russian people and Russian life. As an evaluative contrast, the technique of “transforming” the commendable into the blameworthy, the negative into the positive, the dead bureaucrat turning into a noble knight, is described. The role of pragmemes in the expression of double evaluation as the basis of assessment-fantasy is demonstrated. The non-existent, unreal appears in an evaluative form.Research implications. Based on theoretical data, evaluative classification and a modern cognitivediscursive approach to the text, specific features of evaluation-fantasy are identified, its role in the study of Gogol’s work is shown - the “enchanted place” of Russian literature, the treasury of “immortal laughter”, the space of the unreal in the real. An attempt has been made to interpret Gogol’s visions in a modern way.

The article examines the interconnectedness of decommunization and decolonization of cultural space with the acquisition of historical knowledge and the transformation of ideas about cultural heritage. It is shown that the analysis of Russian-Soviet colonialism, including the deconstruction of its key historical mythologies embodied in cultural heritage objects, has proved to be a rather difficult task: both for theoretical comprehension and for practical implementation. Without its solution, it is impossible to get rid of the burdens of the colonial past. A number of questions have been proposed, the answers to which will help to identify heritage elements that are markers of colonialism, limit their influence and significance by depriving them of the status of monuments protected by law and removing them from public space.

The article represents an attempt to comprehend the possibilities of applying general methodological principles of design thinking in the process of planning and developing innovative economic development projects in the agricultural sector. The relations of design and visualization as the science and art processes in the economy are outlined. It is noted that smart agriculture uses advanced technologies such as sensors, devices, machines and information technology, robots, GPS technologies, which will allow farms to be more profitable, efficient, safe, and environmentally friendly. The authors claim that the goal of digitalization of agriculture is to achieve a significant increase in the efficiency and sustainability of its functioning through fundamental changes in the quality of management of both technological processes and decision-making processes at all levels of the hierarchy, based on modern production methods, and the further use of information about the state of controlled elements and subsystems, as well as states of the economic environment of agriculture. Based on a study of the use of visualization technologies within the framework of the philosophy of design thinking, it is shown that the introduction of digital technologies in the agro-industrial complex will dramatically increase labor productivity and reduce risks in agriculture. In modern conditions of intense competition, digitalization based on such projects will give the agricultural sector of any country (which is especially important for developing countries) great competitive advantages.